嘰

See also: 叽

嘰	U+5630, 嘰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5630

← 嘯
[U+562F]

CJK Unified Ideographs

嘱 →
[U+5631]

Translingual

Han character

嘰 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 口女戈戈 (RVII), four-corner 6205₃, composition ⿰口幾)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 207, character 1
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4247
Dae Jaweon: page 430, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 687, character 19
Unihan data for U+5630

Chinese

trad.		嘰
simp.		叽^*

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 嘰
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (幾) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
機	*kɯl
譏	*kɯl
嘰	*kɯl
磯	*kɯl
鞿	*kɯl
饑	*kɯl
禨	kɯl, kɯls
幾	kɯl, kɯlʔ, ɡɯl, ɡɯls
鐖	*kɯl
僟	*kɯl
璣	*kɯl
蟣	kɯlʔ, ɡɯl
穖	*kɯlʔ
畿	*ɡɯl

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jī (ji¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gei¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ki

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jī
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ji
  - Wade–Giles: chi¹
  - Yale: jī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji
  - Palladius: цзи (czi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gei¹
  - Yale: gēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: géi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kei̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ki
  - Tâi-lô: ki
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ky
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ki⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ki³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ki⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: kj+j

Rime
Character	嘰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	微 (20)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	居依切
Baxter	kj+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨi/
Pan Wuyun	/kɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/kiəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɨj/
Li Rong	/kiəi/
Wang Li	/kĭəi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ke̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gei¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kɯl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	嘰
Reading #	1/1
No.	5790
Phonetic component	幾
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	機
Old Chinese	/*kɯl/

Definitions

嘰

to eat a little
to sigh
An onomatopoeia.

Compounds

咔嘰 / 咔叽 (kǎjī)
嗶嘰 / 哔叽 (bìjī)
嘰咕 / 叽咕
嘰哩呱啦 / 叽哩呱啦 (jīliguālā)
嘰哩咕嚕 / 叽哩咕噜 (jīligūlū)
嘰嘰咕咕 / 叽叽咕咕
嘰嘰喳喳 / 叽叽喳喳
嘰嘰嘎嘎 / 叽叽嘎嘎
滑不嘰溜 / 滑不叽溜

Japanese

Kanji

嘰

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): き (ki)、け (ke)、ぎ (gi)

Korean

Hanja

嘰 • (gi) (hangeul 기, revised gi, McCune–Reischauer ki)

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Vietnamese

Han character

嘰: Hán Nôm readings: kí

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References

Nom Foundation